Sesquicentennial Civil War Documents Project

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As part of the "Intellectual Underpinnings of American Civil War" project sponsored by the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL), George Mason University Libraries and other ASERL-member libraries are creating a shared digital collection of archival materials created between 1850 and 1865. This project was conceived to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War.

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Wood engraving with multiple scenes. Scenes include: General Custer and with soldiers charging up the hill upon the enemy's guns, General Gregg's troops going into action, a signal station on Pony mountain, Culpepper from ...

Hand colored wood engraving with multiple scenes. Scenes include: a family under fire, the soldier's wife, a family taking the oath of allegiance, women and children manufacturing corn meal, a person standing outside of a ...

Wood engraving with images of the state of Virginia including the landing at Jamestown and a contemporary scene of political debate. The text describes current statistics on population, occupation, annual agricultural ...

Wood engraving with multiple scenes of depots and departments created to serve the Army of the Potomac. Scenes include: Corcoran's private art building as a clothing department, the Hay and Straw Department at the corner ...

Wood engraving with four views arranged in horizontal panels of the Potomac river. The first panel is of the Potomac at Washington D.C.; the second is of Fort Washington; the third is a general view of the Potomac looking ...

Page of hand colored wood engravings depicting the "Hotel" at Centerville, Virginia; ruins of the bridge across the Potomac at Berlin; the Loudon Heights across the Potomac, opposite the position lately occupied by General ...

Hand colored wood engraving depicting the eastern part of Virginia from the Potomac River in the north to the state line in the south. Shows natural features, cities and towns, roads and railroads. February 1862. Measures ...